balloon flight News

There’s a creative and uplifting way some people are popping the question these days which takes the marriage proposal to new heights. Amazingly, some couples are becoming engaged while flying over the countryside in a hot air balloon.

Over the past 30 years as a balloonist and owner of Westwind Balloon Company, in Plymouth, Michigan Scott Lorenz has been squeezing the most out of his summers by piloting his balloon over Kensington Park, Milford, Brighton and South Lyon, Michigan.

Thousands of people visit England looking for things to do. The chilled out nature of the country, along with its history and landscape, makes it the perfect place to escape. But what do you do to escape? Why not go ballooning?

Hot air ballooning has always been an elitist sport. The sheer cost and preparation that goes into every balloon flight means that it can never be sold to the general public for cheap. This however is changing.

Hot air ballooning is one of the most popular gifts you can give a person for a special occasion. Regularly ranking high in “Top Ten Things” people have always wanted to do.

A "bucket list gift” is so popular, because people who have accumulated everything material they could want don't really need anything. The only things they want to collect anymore are experiences. A balloon flight over Michigan is the ultimate.

If you’re looking for a great gift for the boss for Christmas and one that’s on most people’s ‘bucket list’ and one fellow employees can pool their money for, then a balloon flight is the perfect gift.

“We flew over both parks this past weekend and noticed colors were in full force around the Huron River and along the shorelines, anywhere the sun hits the trees from top to bottom," says hot air balloonist Scott Lorenz of Plymouth, Michigan.

Michigan’s glorious fall colors are a welcome sight but Flying OVER the fall colors in a hot air balloon is the best says Scott Lorenz, President and Chief Pilot of Westwind Balloon Company of Plymouth, Michigan

If you are like most people you have a bucket list with things to do before you “kick the bucket.” That terminology was made popular by the Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman movie “The Bucket List.” For some it includes a hot air balloon ride.